Hair waver



July 5, 1955 ROITNER 2,712,319

HAIR WAVER Filed March 11, 1954 I N VEN TOR 45a PO/WEA ATTORNEY UnitedStates Patent Ofifice HAIR WAVER Leo Roitner, Kirkland Lake, Ontario,Canada Application March 1 1, 1954, Serial No. 415,629

Claims. (Cl. 132-129 This invention relates to the art of hair wavingand more particularly to a device which is especially designed for thehome user in that it may be readily applied by the person desiring thehair wave.

Prior art hair waving apparatuses used heretofore are entirelyunsuitable for the purposes of this invention in erate or were of thepinch wave variety which merely gripped the hair tightly between twoclamps producing kinks in the hair. The invention described hereinprovides a hair waver which is easy to operate and which produces asmooth pleasing wave.

The presently described hair waver lncludes a pair of which is disposeda finger grips which when pressed between the thumb and forefinger causethe clamping members to pivot outwardly and the comb to move endwise.

comb and will intermeshing teeth of the of strands of hair is therebyindividually waved by pleasing wave sharp corners.

An object of the Another object of the present invention is to provide ahair waving device which is constructed of relatively few members 21and22 which have teeth Patented July 5, 1&55

front and end views of the finger Figs. 11 and 12 are p;

Figs. 13 and 14 are front and end views of the sleeve employed with thepresent invention; ig. 15 is a cross-sectional view along the line 22 ofFig. l; and

Fig. 16 is a of Fig. 2.

There is cross-sectional view along the line 33 provided'a pair ofclamping or hair gripping bent at the twisting the metallic tab Figs. 11and 12 illustrate the element utilized with and fitted between fingergrip 39 of comb 35 and flange 27 of clamping member 21. Spring 49encircles bar 38 and engages neck portion 37 of comb 35 and flange 26 ofclamping member 21.

e operation of the hair waving device herein disclosed is as follows. Inthe closed position shown in Fig. 1 the teeth of comb and clampingmembers to move relative to one another endwise to positions laterallydisplaced from their normal positions with the comb disposed between theclamping members and also causes the clamping members to swing outwardlydue to the movement of the curved ends 41 and 42 of bar 38 through slots28 and 34 in the flanges of clamping members 21 and 22, respectively. Itcan be seen that the twisted ends of the bar 38 serve as cams and slots28 and 34 of the clamping members act as cam followers. The openposition is shown in this position the device is passed through the hairto the desired position for a wave. Strands of hair will be positionedbetween the teeth of the clamping members and the teeth of the comb andupon release of the finger gripping elements spring 49 returns thedevice to the closed position. it can be seen that the movement of thecomb from the position of Fig. 2 will cause corresponding movement ofthe hair held between the teeth of the comb and thus the hair heldbetween the clamping members will be formed in a wave. The intermeshingof the teeth of the clamping members efiectively prevents slipping ofthe device and the production of a smooth lasting wave is assured.

Having thus described the invention it is apparent that numerous changesin design and construction of the same may be employed without departingfrom the essentials thereof. What is claimed as new and desired to besecured by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair waving device comprising, in combination, a pair of hairgripping members, a comb member, cam means mounted on one of saidmembers, and cooperating follower means mounted on the other memberwhereby upon operation of the device the hair gripping members pivotoutwardly and the comb and hair gripping members move laterally withrespect to one another.

2. In a hair waving device of the character described, a pair oftoothed, clamping members having the ends of the teeth thereof bent,means interconnecting said toothed members whereby the teeth of saidclamping members normally intermesh, a comb normally disposed betweensaid clamping members and having the teeth thereof substantially inalignment with the teeth of one of said clamping members, and meansincluding said last-named means for pivoting said clamping members to anopen position and for moving said comb and clamping members relative toone another endwise to positions laterally displaced from the normalpositions thereof.

3. In a device of the class described, a comb having a bar connectedthereto and extending longitudinally therewith, said bar having twistedends, a pair of toothed clamping members, one of said members disposedon each side of sad comb, and means mounted on said clamping members andengaging said bar whereby upon longitudinal movement of said comb thelast-mentioned means and the twisted ends of said bar combine to causethe clamping members to be swung outwardly to an open position.

4. A hair waving device of the character described, a comb havingmounted thereon an elongated rectangular shaped element, said elementhaving both ends thereof twisted, a pair of clamping members havinginwardly bent flanges, said flanges being provided with slots for thereception of said elongated element, one clamping member being disposedon each side of said comb, means mounted on said comb for moving saidcomb endwise to a position laterally displaced from the normal positionthereof, the movement of the twisted ends of said elongated elementthrough the slots in the flanges of said clamping members causing theclamping members to be pivoted to an open position. I

5. A hair waving device as recited in claim 4 wherein said clampingmembers have teeth inwardly bent to a position wherein the lower ends ofthe teeth on one member are normally disposed between the lower ends ofthe teeth on the other member, the teeth of said comb normally beingsubstantially in alignment with the teeth of one of said members.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,831,615 Wolcott Nov. 10', 1931 2,024,498 Andrew Dec. 17, 19352,171,422 Zaccaro et al. Aug. 29, 1939

